1868 Meiji Restoration : End of Togugawa Shogunate, Western orientation, Three Modernizations – Military, Industry, Civilization
1904-05 Russo-Japanese War
Results : Becomes a strong country in the East, Japanese Nationalism, rises to be an expansionist in Asia, from democratic to dictatorship, and creates the Pacific War in WW II 1941-1945 with the concept of Asia for Asia, The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
The Effects of WW II : Change the world politics, rise of USA and USSR, end of colonialism, and the imperialism begins
Korean War and the Seperation of Korea 1950-1953
The confrontation of democracy and socialism USA vs USSR & China
Results : Global tensions of the Cold War that developed immediately afterwards, the separation of North/South Koreas continue till now, and creates the aggressive attitude of North Korea